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00:00Referee blows the whistle, and we're underway here at Celtic Park.
00:03Here, Callum McGregor inside, early ball forward there from Hatati.
00:07I don't think anyone's had a more impressive start than the German, low cross.
00:11...here for Keskinen, the fin up against Bailly, did well, kept his...
00:15Bailly, in for the injured Greg Taylor, long ball over the...
00:19Against Portugal through the week, should be an easy...
00:22For the run of McKenzie, Alistair Johnson losing the shoulder.
00:30...on Jack McKenzie, corner...
00:31Again in the semi-final of the League Cup at Hampden.
00:37He's just wondering from an Aberdeen perspective, if that match is actually more...
00:41Brendan Rodgers, of course, will have a game plan.
00:45The on loan, Barcelona up full-back with a high cross.
00:48McKenzie, Kuhn deciding to take that one to the outside,
00:51it's a decent cross in with the right foot, he just hung that one up there.
00:54Gaisa Maeda coming in alongside Nicky Devlin, and it was the Aberdeen...
00:58...challenge there on Hatate, referee waves play on,
01:00Gaisa Maeda trying to beat Devlin for pace, two players go down as well, referee...
01:07...was aware and alert to the challenge, then it comes from Engels,
01:10oh, it's off the top of the crossbar from the Belgian!
01:13Well, he spotted the space after the mix-up there and the mistake...
01:16...players come forward and Celtic try and get back into a defensive shape.
01:19...so well read.
01:20...tomorrow, nice pass from Scales to Valle, he's cut that one back,
01:23it's a chance, oh, it's a half-chance, and he took it well,
01:26did Arnie Engels, but just couldn't direct the ball goalward.
01:30Yeah, great play from Alex Saleh, great.
01:33Scales and Trusty, both with a bit of height in there,
01:35but it's Maeda in space to his left, here's Maeda onto the left foot,
01:38goes for the pass, across the face of the goal, and...
01:42...Kiyoko had just run ahead of the ball, but it results in a Celtic...
01:46...Aberdeen with six players along the edge of the box, lovely, great...
01:49...ball across, Arnie Engels was screaming out for something to...
01:53...to dive in and provide the end product there.
01:55Yeah, great play again, first from Kuhn, cutting inside, getting a shadow...
01:59...still Kuhn, will he go for the shot? He does, it's deflected back...
02:02...into the path of...
02:03...25 yards from goal is Rio Hatate, he's closed down...
02:06...right-hand side, seeing a lot of the ball ahead of him is Alistair Johnson,
02:10but stepping in ahead of Alistair Johnson, Celtic fans...
02:14...to McGregor, well, would he fancy a shot? He absolutely does!
02:20What an effort from the captain, and why not? He's already got four...
02:24...there was some power in that, Celtic still have it, Hatate with a...
02:27...Yogo, we've not seen much of in these stages, plays the ball back...
02:30...a real chance for Rio Hatate!
02:37Brilliant goal.
02:39From back to front, Celtic were down one end, and in an instant...
02:45...they were up the other end, Kiyoko combining well with Hatate...
02:49...and Rio Hatate gives Celtic the lead in the 24th minute.
02:54Yeah, I thought we'd missed it from a...
02:56...I think, can't remember who played it into Kiyoko there, maybe Arnie Engels played it down...
03:01...it was Akers' face the other side, I thought maybe he was gone, Kiyoko's done brilliant...
03:04...great pace, so we're in a season...
03:06...under McGregor, but play goes on, and it's a chance for a second for Hatate...
03:10...and it's Kiyoko!
03:15Right on the spot, where it matters, and where it counts...
03:20...Kiyoko provides the finish!
03:33Yeah, brilliant play, comes from pressing up high, wind the ball back...
03:37...first cross a little bit unlucky, Hatate's there, gets his shot...
03:40...just outnumbered on the edge of the area...
03:46...and it comes from...
03:48...Valle and Johnson, but it's a chance now for Clarkson, and Valle is back there...
03:53...last man for Celtic inside the six-yard box, Clarkson, just...
03:58...forward again to Engels, lovely ball from Kuhn, and away by Kiyoko of all people...
04:03...Valle from the outside of it, cuts back into the left foot, tries to dink that one into...
04:08...Celtic this afternoon, Valle up, but...
04:13Yeah, probably a good foul there, I think, from Engels, there was...
04:17...Aberdeen had two bodies there...
04:18...Goat up against Schmeichel, here he comes...
04:21...he's gone for Goat, he's got it on target, but...
04:24...you're not really gonna beat Schmeichel with that kind of distance and that kind of power...
04:26Nah, it's gonna...
04:27...Hatate in some space, can he keep it in there? Oh, he doesn't manage to...
04:31...it was almost an opening that it presented itself, out of nothing...
04:36...oh, Kiyoko's take...
04:37...he's getting back to his feet now, Celtic coming forward again, Alistair Johnson going...
04:42...Kiyoko's down, Nikolas Kuhn, his shot is blocked...
04:47...Aberdeen defence all over the place, out to Engels...
04:50...oh, it's a great ball in from Engels, Rubic's corner kick to be taken by Engels...
04:54...and it comes from the Belgian, trying to score a third goal...
04:57...oh, it's a good delivery, it's a great delivery, I think...
05:01...Celtic coming forward, Valle, body check there by Rubic's...
05:04...it's no intention of going for the ball, yellow card, number three for Aberdeen...
05:09...and it comes from Engels, he flights that one in, looking for scales...
05:13...the right foot shot there from Nikolas Kuhn was sliced behind for a goal kick...
05:18...forward, Kiyoko is taken out in the middle of the park, Engels looking for the handball...
05:23...as Johnson goes down, but lots of Celtic players back to win the ball...
05:26...players around, the Japanese strike up, but he works up one-two with McGregor, Kiyoko...
05:30...oh, that's a nice ball forward, and it's a chance now for Aberdeen at the other end...
05:34...and they've got themselves back into it, they have got themselves back into the game...
05:38...and it's the substitute Sokler, just on the pitch, four minutes...
05:44...and that long ball forward into the path of Sokler, Schmeichel came out to narrow the angle...
05:50...but he slotted it past the Dane and into the back of the net...
05:57...Kuhn takes the ball down really well with the left foot, still Kuhn opens up for the shot...
06:01...cross in from Kuhn, header away...
06:04...goes McKenzie, through the legs of McKenzie goes Kuhn...
06:08...second chance at the cross, gets a bit of height on it, but too high...
06:12...gets a bit more of an angle, oh, tries to find the postage stamp there...
06:17...I'm not sure it would have found its way under the bar, but Mitov taking no chances...
06:22...on the left-hand side, and it comes from Hatate, should be a relic...
06:26...out Swinger from the Belgian, header comes in, angles, he finds Kiyoko, oh, too many...
06:34...too many opportunities for Kiyoko, and he chose the wrong one...
06:41...in Swinger...
06:43...and now Keskinen is through, Keskinen is through, but Liam Scales is back to save the day for Celtic...
06:49...wonderful defending from Scales who gets the high...
06:53...quickly closed down, chance on the edge of the area, it's deflected...
06:56...the shot from Graham Shinney is deflected past Kasper Schmeichel...
07:01...and Aberdeen, incredibly, after 60 minutes, are level at 2-2...
07:11...yeah, sloppy pass from Mairi there, gives the ball away...
07:18...and just things like that that give Aberdeen confidence...
07:23...thought maybe the start might have got away with it, that McGrath missed the run of two, but...
07:32...yeah, Crusty just turned into it, and the ball just ricocheted back off his feet...
07:36...but they're looking for a third goal now, Kuhn looking to play through...
07:41...on this left wing is Forrest, Alex Valle on the...
07:44...Celtic trying to work it through that Aberdeen defence, there's so many red jerseys...
07:49...seven, eight Aberdeen players inside that six yard...
07:53...oh, under a bit of pressure here from Soklaar...
07:58...and it comes on, it's ricocheted, and it's high into the roof of the net...
08:04...and unbelievably, Aberdeen have a third goal...
08:13...again, and the ball comes off his, the ball comes off his hand...
08:16...yeah, he doesn't even, he doesn't even need to go and look at it...
08:19...the VAR officials told him the ball has come off the hand of Duke...
08:23...Bernardo forward, Engels looking for the run of Ida, and it's just too far ahead...
08:27...of the big Irishman, and out comes Mitov to dive and smother the ball...
08:34...better delivery, oh the header there, downward header from Adam Ida...
08:38...and it rose up, but rose up and wide...
08:42...yeah, great ball in, I think maybe they're probably a bit more inclined...
08:45...Bernardo takes over the corner taking duties...
08:48...oh, it's a good delivery onto the head of Liam Scales, and over the VAR for a goal kick...
08:53...Liam Scales, Celtic's main aerial threat...
08:55...and that's the first time they've managed to get the ball on his head...